Buena Vista, Mississippi

Buena Vista, also known as Monterey, is an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Buena Vista, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Buena Vista Buena Vista
Coordinates: 33°53′04″N 88°50′17″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Chickasaw
Elevation	344 ft (105 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	692754[1]

History

Buena Vista was incorporated in 1884 and unincorporated at a later date.[2] The community was originally named Monterey in honor of the Battle of Monterrey, where the Mississippi Rifles served under Colonel Jefferson Davis. Later that year, the name was changed to Buena Vista in honor of the Battle of Buena Vista, where the Mississippi troops and Davis again served.[3]

A post office only operated under the name Monterey in 1847 and operated under the name Buena Vista from 1847 to 1972.[4]

Buena Vista was once home to multiple stores and two churches.[5]

The Buena Vista Normal College opened in Buena Vista in 1885 and was chartered by the state of Mississippi the following year.[6]

The first agricultural high school in Mississippi opened in Buena Vista in 1908. Cully Cobb, a pioneer of southern agriculture, long-term farm publisher, and an official of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in Washington, D.C., was the superintendent of the school from 1908–1910.[7]

Company A of the 17th Mississippi Infantry was known as the Buena Vista Rifles and was organized in Buena Vista on March 28, 1861.[8] Soldiers from this company served with the Army of Northern Virginia in many battles, including First Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and the Appomattox campaign.[9] Company A specifically served under William Barksdale at the Battle of Gettysburg and were part of Barksdale's charge on the Peach Orchard.[10]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buena Vista, Mississippi
2. Mississippi (1886). Laws of the State of Mississippi. State of Mississippi. p. 479.
3. Kendall, Ruth. "The Honorable Jeff Busby's History of Chickasaw County's Post Offices". The Chickasaw Journal. The Daily Journal. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
4. "Chickasaw County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
5. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 321.
6. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals ... Goodspeed publishing Company. 1891. p. 236.
7. "The Founders of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology". Mississippi State University. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
8. John W. Busey; Travis W. Busey (25 January 2017). Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record. McFarland. p. 1881. ISBN 978-1-4766-2436-5.
9. "17th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry". The Civil War Trail. National Park Service. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
10. Phillip Thomas Tucker (24 July 2013). Barksdale's Charge: The True High Tide of the Confederacy at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Casemate. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-61200-180-7.